Abrégé

The invention provides a pipe connector for use in high temperature environments, such as those characteristics of molten salt reactors. The pipe connector can be used in any industry that uses pipe connectors, and in particular, can be used in a molten salt system including a reactor requiring a connection rated for greater than 700 °C and up to 15,000 psi. The pipe connector 100 comprises: a cylindrical pin 110 comprising a first portion, a second portion and a transition portion; a ledge; a cylindrical seal ring 140; a retainer ring 150; a cylindrical box 160; a cylindrical locking nut 180; and a cylindrical retaining nut 190.

Classes IPC  ?

• F16L 19/00 - Raccords dans lesquels les surfaces d'étanchéité sont maintenues en contact par un organe, p.ex. un écrou à oreilles vissé dans, ou vissé sur une des parties du raccord
• F16L 21/00 - Raccords avec manchon ou douille
• F16L 37/10 - Accouplements du type à action rapide dans lesquels l'assemblage entre les extrémités s'aboutant ou se chevauchant est maintenu par des organes de blocage utilisant sur une partie un manchon ou segment externe rotatif

Abrégé

Apparatus, systems, and methods for identifying and quantifying chemical components in a high-melting-point liquid. One such method includes: receiving, into a nebulizer assembly, a high-melting-point liquid from a molten liquid conduit; aerosolizing, using the nebulizer assembly, at least a portion of the received high-melting-point liquid; delivering, into one or more instruments, the aerosolized high-melting-point liquid from the nebulizer; and chemically analyzing, using the one or more instruments, the aerosolized high-melting-point liquid.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01J 49/04 - Dispositions pour introduire ou extraire les échantillons devant être analysés, p.ex. fermetures étanches au vide; Dispositions pour le réglage externe des composants électronoptiques ou ionoptiques
• B05B 17/06 - Appareils de pulvérisation ou d'atomisation de liquides ou d'autres matériaux fluides, non couverts par les autres groupes de la présente sous-classe opérant suivant des procédés particuliers utilisant des vibrations ultrasonores

Abrégé

A method, apparatus, and system according to which first and second transducers are connected to first and second waveguides, respectively, the first and second waveguides are connected to a pipe, and ultrasonic wave signals are exchanged between the first and second transducers, said ultrasonic wave signals passing through the first and second waveguides, the pipe, and a fluid in the pipe. A temperature of the fluid flowing in the pipe may exceed about 600 C. The first and second waveguides insulate the first and second transducers from the pipe and propagate the ultrasonic wave signals between the pipe and the first and second transducers, respectively, so that the ability of the first and second transducers to exchange the ultrasonic wave signals is not adversely affected by the temperature of the fluid in the pipe. The first and second waveguides may be made of a calcium silicate technical ceramic.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01F 1/667 - Dispositions de transducteurs pour les débitmètres à ultrasons; Circuits pour faire fonctionner les débitmètres à ultrasons